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Amherst, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Amherst. 1 Town (2020 pop. 39,263), Hampshire co., central Mass., in a fertile farm area; inc. 1759. Named for Lord Jeffery Amherst, it is a college town. Emily…

Lennoxville

(Encyclopedia) Lennoxville, town (1991 pop. 4,046), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Francis and Massawippi rivers, SE of Sherbrooke. It is chiefly a residential town and is the seat of…

Lindsay

(Encyclopedia) Lindsay, town (1991 pop. 16,696), SE Ont., Canada, on the Scugog River, NE of Toronto. It is an industrial town, with woolen, flour, and lumber mills, in an agricultural and scenic…

Morden

(Encyclopedia) Morden, town (1991 pop. 5,273), S Man., Canada, SW of Winnipeg. Located in an agricultural region, it has farm machinery and food- and fiber-processing plants. There is a government…

New Glasgow

(Encyclopedia) New Glasgow, town (1991 pop. 4,134), N N.S., Canada, on East River. It is an industrial town located in a coal region. Steel products and machinery are manufactured, and there is a…

Blind River

(Encyclopedia) Blind River, town, S Ont., Canada, on North Channel of Lake Huron. It is the center of the Algoma uranium fields. Just to the east of…

Wakefield, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Wakefield, town (1990 pop. 24,825), Middlesex co., NE Mass., a suburb N of Boston; settled 1639, inc. 1812. Chiefly residential, the town has some light industry, such as the…

Parkes

(Encyclopedia) Parkes, town and area (2016 pop. 14,608), New South Wales, SE Australia. North of the town is the Parkes Observatory, the site of a 210-ft (64-m) movable dish radiotelescope that…

Dübendorf

(Encyclopedia) Dübendorf Dübendorf düˈbəndôrfˌ [key], town, Zürich canton, NE Switzerland. Tobacco products and…

Näfels

(Encyclopedia) NäfelsNäfelsnāˈfəls [key], town (1990 pop. 3,882), Glarus canton, E central Switzerland. The town has a magnificent baroque palace.